Election
Constituency

231. Chainpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1980

BR-CHAINPUR

BJP 20.8%won by 0.6%JNPSC 20.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 0.0% to 20.8% of the vote here (+20.8%).
  • New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 20.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 41.1% between them, down from 87.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
58,151
Margin
348
0.60%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1LAL MUNI CHOUBEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,11120.8%
  2. 2RAM LAHIN SINGHJNPSC · JNPSC11,76320.2%
  3. 3PARVEJ AHASAN KHANIndian National Congress · INC10,22517.6%
  4. 4KISHOR PRASADIndependent · IND7,07812.2%
  5. 5ABDUL SATTAR ANSARIINCU · INCU6,41511.0%
  6. 6RAM BILAS SINGHJNPSR · JNPSR4,8018.3%
  7. 7SHEO NATH ROYIndependent · IND1,4762.5%
  8. 8BADRI SINGHJanata Party · JNP1,4582.5%
  9. 9DEV CHARANLALIndependent · IND1,2972.2%
  10. 10RAM SURAT RAM SHASTRIIndependent · IND5060.9%
  11. 11BANSHIDHAR SINGHIndependent · IND3490.6%
  12. 12KHOBHARI CHAMARIndependent · IND2630.5%
  13. 13JAGAR NATH CHAMARIndependent · IND2180.4%
  14. 14SHAHE JAMA KHANIndependent · IND1910.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
JNP
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–JNPSC swing
+0.6%
BJP share
0.0% → 20.8%
JNPSC share
0.0% → 20.2%
Turnout
— → —
230. Bhabhua232. Sasaram
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